fiftene

Middle English

**Middle English numbers ^(edit)**
← 14	15	16 →
Cardinal: fiftene

Alternative forms

viftene, fyvetene, fiften, fyftene

Etymology

From Anglian Old English fīftēne (compare West Saxon fīftīene), from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun; equivalent to five +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfifteːn(ə)/, /ˈfiːfteːn(ə)/, /ˈfiːvteːn(ə)/

Numeral

fiftene

fifteen

Descendants

English: fifteen
Yola: vifteen

References

“fī̆f-tẹ̄ne, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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